Trust and believe in my own abilities: Yashasvi Jaiswal reveals secret to bright start in international cricket

Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal credited his positive start in international cricket to trusting and believing in his abilities, emphasizing the importance of hard work, discipline, learning from senior players, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Following a successful Test debut, Jaiswal scored his first T20I fifty with an unbeaten 84 off 51 in the fourth T20I against the West Indies in Florida. It was only Yashasvi’s second T20I game, but he played like a veteran, shifting gears and rotating the strike shrewdly during his record 165-run opening stand with Shubman Gill.

So Jaiswal was quick off the blocks while Gill settled into his innings, and then played second fiddle once Gill found his timing, all before ensuring he was there until the end of what had felt like a tricky run-chase at the halfway point.

“I feel it’s just a start, I need to keep doing it, keep building it and keep milking the innings. I am happy today but I need to make sure that I am ready for tomorrow also,” Jaiswal told reporters after India’s nine-wicket win.

“I keep telling myself that I trust, I believe, and I will keep doing that. And what can I do for doing that? I need to work hard, I need to be disciplined, I eat well, I sleep well, I practice hard and go and talk with my seniors. We have an amazing bunch of seniors, the legends. The way they talk to us, Rohit bhaiya, Virat bhaiya, Hardik bhaiya and even Surya bhaiya, the way they talk and that experience… I just try to share their experience and make sure that I’m learning and listening to them, the experience they have been carrying for a long time and the way they have handled themselves in situations. And of course Rahul sir,” Jaiswal added.

In the short time they’ve batted together, Gill and Yashasvi have looked the part as India’s opening pair, but Jaiswal isn’t drawing too many parallels with the Rohit Sharma-Shikhar Dhawan partnership.

“The experience is around there. We just need to work and make sure that I’m aware of all the information and try to express it in my game. That is all I think about and, of course, after cricket I really work hard on my fitness. the diet, recovery and sleep, food, everything is important. I guess that’s why I believe in my process a lot; if my processes are right, results will come.”